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American expat and travel blogger living in Germany. On a mission to travel Europe, blog about my experiences living overseas and photograph all the European cities, countries and scenery I can manage. Find information on life as an expat in Germany, my musings on the ups and downs, and my passion for photography and travel.

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Let me start this post off by telling you that I do not like swimming. I'm active, love working out and used to enjoy running quite a bit. But I can't stand swimming. It probably has to do with the fact that I am a terrible swimmer. I tried picking up swimming during my senior year of high school to no avail. I was terrible. I can physically stay afloat if I had to survive, but asking me to swim 50 meters is like trying to make a peacock fly. It's impossible.

This is one of those things that you won't readily find in a book but I think is awesome. Nearly every single parking garage in Germany reserves the top floor of the parking area for women. Pregnant women, single women, groups of women...it doesn't matter as long as it's only women in the car. This is done as a safety precaution so a lady who went shopping for the day or met up with a friend for dinner isn't left to walk four floors underground to find her car. Germany is generally a very safe place but bad things still happen here. I take advantage of this every time I'm out by myself.

It's been hot outside. I am one of the few fortunate people in the entire country that happens to have a/c at my office. I'm currently sitting with my winter jacket on, however, because the a/c is broken and won't stop running. Alas, I would take this any day of my life over extremely hot weather. I would be perpetually sad if I had to live anywhere near the equator.

Wow! It's been entirely too long since I've posted! I've been fairly busy this past month and as a result have been putting this to the wayside. My sister came to visit and we drove down to Italy, specifically Lake Garda and Venice. I am absolutely in love with Lake Garda. Venice, well,

After my semi-public announcement (meaning anyone that read this post here) about my good intentions to start German language classes again a few months back, I finally started my second German course last week. The class is through a place called IFA in Stuttgart.

ne of the first things you will need to do when first moving to a different country seems fairly basic but can be daunting in a completely new culture. hat I'm talking about is simply going out and buying groceries.

Traveling Igloo

Expat living in Stuttgart, Germany. Here you'll find information on life as an expat, musings on the ups and downs of a life abroad, travels and travel related information, and my passion for photography.

In September 2011 all my travel dreams came true our family packed up and moved to Germany. I traveled and lived the expat life for 6 years before heading back to the states. My current pursuits include travel around Alaska and the PNW. I love photography, I always prefer the mountains and cold weather to the beach, and have found that German beer really is the best beer in the world. Read full bio here...